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Antonyms for attackingat·tack·ing

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  1. assaultive, attacking(a)adjective

    disposed to attack

    Antonyms:
    defensive

How to use attacking in a sentence?

  1. Ted Cruz:

    Three weeks ago, John McCain was attacking Donald Trump.

  2. Mike Pence:

    This unprecedented action does demand unprecedented transparency, i just want to remind my fellow Republicans, we can hold the AG accountable for the decision he made without attacking rank-and-file law enforcement personnel at the FBI. The Republican Party is the party of law and order. The Republican Party stands with the men and women who serve on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop. Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police.

  3. Raju Babu Shrestha:

    One protester, an Indian national, who was attacking the police post with the petrol bomb was killed in the firing.

  4. Albert Rivera:

    It's good for Spain that the parties that have not yet entered (parliament) are already making a mark on the country's political and economic agenda, we see a government that is nervous and thinking more about attacking others than explaining what it has done.

  5. Allie Brandenburger:

    Hillary Clinton's political machine resorting to attacking Jeb over 9/11 is a depressing example of just how extreme the left has gotten. If there's one thing we should all agree on it's that in response to that horrific attack, the country came together with resolve in the face of evil to ensure we keep our country safe. Today, while Jeb has offered a plan to defeat ISIS, the Democrats have no strategy and they are making these craven attacks.

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